Safety-catch for pins and similar articles.



A. SCHROETTER.

SAFETY CATCH FOR PINS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I. m1.

1,281,853. Pat-anted Oct. 15, 1918.

IIVI/E/VTOR WJMV ' ATTORNEY ARNOLD SCHROETTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SAFETY-CATCH FOR PINS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 15,}918.

Application filed September 1, 1917. SeriaI No. 189,249.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARNOLD SoHRoEr'rER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of New York city, in the county of Bronx and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSafety-Catches for Pins and Similar Articles, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to a catch of novel construction by means ofwhich the fastening pin may be locked securely to a breast pin orsimilar article of jewelry. The invention consists in the variousfeatures of improvement more fully pointed out in the specification andappended claims.

In the accompanying drawing;

Figure 1, is a front view of an open-work bar pin provided with a safetycatch, embodying my invention;

Fig. 2, a cross section through the catch 7 showing it closed;

Fig. 3, a cross section showing the catch open;

Fig. 4, a plan of the catch, and

Fig. 5, a front View thereof.

The catch comprises a hook-shaped member 1, having a shank 2 that isforked to form a pair of bendable prongs or bridge 3. These prongs maybe alined with and are soldered to the solid parts or webs of anopen-work bar pin, brooch or other article of jewelry 4. Hook 1 isadapted to be engaged by a conventional springy fastening pin 5 which ispivoted to bar pin 4. at 6.

To shank 2 is pivoted at 7 a pair of jaws 8 adapted to straddle hook 1and connected at their back by a cross bar or finger piece 9, the jawsconjointly with the cross bar constituting a substantially U-shapedkeeper. Jaws 8 are grooved at their upper ends as Copies of this! patentmay be obtained for at 10, to constitute hooks adapted to grasp pin 5.Below grooves 10, the jaws are slitted some distance as at 11, to form apair of resilient tongs 12, which are adapted to bear from below againstpin 5.

To close the catch the keeper is swung back (Fig. 3) pin 5 is sprunginto hook 1, then the keeper is advanced to straddle the hook and graspthe pin in which position the tongs 12, will bear yieldingly against thelatter from below, so as to maintain the keeper in its closed position,and to hold the pin firmly against the hook (Fig. 2).

To open the catch the keeper is thrown back and the pin dislodged fromthe hook.

It will be seen that the catch constructed as described may be readilymanipulated and that it efiectively locks the pin against accidental orlarcenous withdrawal.

I claim:

1. A safety catch for pins comprising a hook and a keeper pivotedthereto, said keeper being composed of a pair of connected grooved jawsadapted to straddle the hook.

2. A safety catch for pins comprising a hook having a divided shank toform a pair of bendable prongs, and a keeper pivoted thereto, saidkeeper being composed of a pair of grooved jaws adapted to straddle thehook and of a finger piece connecting the jaws.

3. A safety catch for pins comprising a hook and a keeper pivotedthereto, said keeper being composed of a pair of connected jaws adaptedto straddle the hook, said jaws being provided with grooves, and withslits below the grooves to form a pair of resilient tongs. V

ARNOLD, SGHROETTER.

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